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7.1/10   134 votes
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Director:
Ugo Giorgetti
Writer:
Ugo Giorgetti (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy
Plot:
On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Big Brazilian B.O. hit of the 90's more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Otávio Augusto ... Forensic servant
Maria Padilha ... Art director
Tom Zé ... Forensic servant
Giulia Gam ... Castings

André Abujamra ... Barbecue guest
Jô Soares ... Man living at lift machine
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luiz Amorim
Elias Andreato
Graça Berman
Júlio Calasso ... (voice)
A.S. Cecílio Neto
Renato Consorte ... Resident
Carina Cooper
Dadá Cyrino
Luiza Helena
Ana Iwanow
Mariana Lima ... Art Producer
Cláudio Mamberti ... Voice
Márcia Manfredini
Marcelo Mansfield
Edinho Moreno ... (voice)
Wellington Nogueira
Massayuki Onishi ... Hooker
Décio Pignatari ... The Man from Alcatraz
Gianni Ratto ... The dead
Rubens Rivelino
Sérgio Viotti ... Narrator
Wandi ... The caretaker
Wellington ... The Art assistant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Saturday (International: English title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Color:
Color
Company:
Iguana Filmes more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Big Brazilian B.O. hit of the 90's, 14 November 1999
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Author: GMeleJr from Miami & Sao Paulo, BR

SABADO (1995) was the biggest hit ever at the Brazilian Box Office as of 1997, when I first saw it. Brazilian B.O. is measured by entrances, so it's not clear whether SABADO still holds the all-time popularity record or not. It's a very Brazilian-specific movie, featuring many known TV and movie stars (like Giulia Gam) as well as guest appearances by the likes of Jo Soares, possibly Brazil's greatest comedian and political satirist. As the name implies, the movie takes place on a Saturday in a big Brazilian city (undoubtedly Sao Paulo). The action is centered on a commercial being filmed in a crumbling building downtown, Edificio Las Americas) no longer frequented by "normal" people. This screwball comedy serves as a statement on the abandonment of center city areas by the middle class, and gets its laugh by exploiting the stereotypical characters who still live downtown, their milieu and "odd" lifestyles. Everything is seen through the eyes of the Brazilian urban middle class (and wannabes), which explains the film's huge success in its home country. It is available in NTSC video, without subtitles. It's not a bad slice-of-life film for locals and Brazilians living abroad, but probably hard to grasp for outsiders.

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